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A Lousy Jobs Report

June 8, 2011

Very disheartening news on the jobs front came out a few days ago. Rather than unemployment going down last month as expected, especially after all

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Clear as Mud; and, A Trip to the White House

June 1, 2011

Part 1: Have you ever noticed that most communications from the federal government: IRS forms, Social Security applications, federal student loan forms, you name it,

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Back to Iraq

May 25, 2011

As I begin writing this week’s blog, I just got off an Army Blackhawk helicopter in Baghdad, Iraq, and I’m now on a State Department

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An Exercise in Raw Political Power

May 18, 2011

You probably haven’t heard much about it – the mainstream press has all but ignored it.  But something is taking place in Washington which is

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Obama First Criticized, Then Followed Bush’s Anti-Terror Policies

May 11, 2011

2008 Candidate Barack Obama wasn’t a big fan of the war against terror.  He excoriated President Bush’s policies at every opportunity, and made a whole

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Back from the Middle East, and the Death of Osama bin Laden

May 4, 2011

In my capacity as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, I returned two days ago from the

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Feckless

April 27, 2011

According to a story in USA Today this week, 80% of economists who were surveyed said they are now less optimistic about the nation’s economic

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Canoeing Down the Mill Creek

April 20, 2011

Congress is not in session this week, so rather than being in Washington, I’m back home in Cincinnati. Two days ago (Monday), after visiting La

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Let Pete In

April 13, 2011

Now there are far more important things on Congress’ plate than whether Pete Rose should be admitted to baseball’s Hall of Fame or not: the

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